[She squeezed his hands back weakly, as best she could with his own so desperately crushing. Her voice was firmer, but no less kind, now.]

I have always been a god, Sukuna Hikona. I have never known anything else. I was born of belief, with the will and wont to protect.

[Nowhere near his league, but divine all the same.]

My most precious treasures have always been people. My most painful moments were when I couldn't scrape together enough energy to help soothe their troubles. My point was... simply that you tormenting yourself over this is never going to make me feel any better about it.